Friday
How we saved £100,000 by streamlining stationery spend
The chief finance officer at STEP Academy Trust explains how centralising stationery and workbook procurement led to huge financial savings
EU scheme ‘could boost language teacher pipeline’
Plan comes as figures suggest language assistant hires have fallen for the first time in five years
Call for transparency over AI role in curriculum review
The DfE won’t confirm whether AI is being used to analyse 7,000 submissions to the curriculum and assessment review
Regional board highlights: March 2025
Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in March 2025 across the country
Thursday
Gilruth told to act on violence before a teacher is killed
Education secretary asked if it will ‘take a teacher being murdered at work’ to see ‘real action to protect staff from violence and aggression in schools’
Secondary teachers move closer to striking over contact time
Teachers in Scotland have lost patience over the slow progress on cutting class-contact time by 90 minutes a week, says SSTA
7 teacher workforce trends you need to know
The latest government census includes data on the size and characteristics of the workforce, and what’s happening with teacher recruitment and retention. Tes has the key points
Primary schools not included in DfE’s 6,500 new teacher target
Government confirms its target will only be based on teachers in secondaries, special schools and colleges
Five key challenges for schools on international teacher recruitment
The DfE has commissioned research into international teachers and trainees to understand barriers to recruitment and retention
Curriculum fuels pupil ‘engagement crisis’, warns Lift CEO
Becks Boomer-Clark tells Lords that students are ‘voting with their feet’ because school ‘does not match their needs’
‘Urgent’ call to combat misogyny that drives women from teaching
Women at either end of their teaching careers are being compelled to quit the profession in record numbers, says president of Scotland’s largest teaching union
‘Rebuild and transform ASN provision,’ says union
The call comes on the back of a survey that finds few teachers believe ASN pupils consistently receive the support they need
